Manifolding sales-book.



A. A. YERKES.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19, I917.

Patented Jan. 14, 19W.

a EWENTQZM 46 BY W ATTORNEY STATES FATE OFFICE.

AlDOLlPH A. YERK ES, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY,'LIMTTJED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OT ONTARIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. 1d, T919.

Application filed April 19, 1917. Serial No. M9199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADOLPH A. Yuanns, a citizen of the United States, residin at lElmira, in the county of Chemung and tate of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to manifolding devices, and with regard to its more specific features, to manifolding salesbooks.

An object of this invention is to enable a multiple record to be made in a practical manner.

A further object of this invention is to enable a multiple record to be made in such a manner that one of the records may be allowed to remain in the book without interfering with the subsequent operation of in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

lln the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book embodying this invention; and

Fig. 2 is a side view showing the leaf arrangement.

The numeral 1 designates a pad comprising a plurality of sheets bound together by staples 2, each of said sheets being folded upon itself in a zigzag manner to form three superposed leaves 3, 4L and 5. Operatlvely associated with the leaves 3, 4 and 5 and in position to be interposed between leaves 4: and 5, is a transfer leaf 6 which is conveniently bound integral with the pad. This transfer sheet may be notched. as shown at 6, to permit the ready removal of the leaves and 4% to provide the record upon the leaf 4. This transfer material maybe conveniently provided by carbonizing the under surface of the leaf 3, which leaf, it will be observed, is the top leaf of the superposed leaves and ,is the end leaf of the folded sheet,

In orderto make this pocket as long as possible, the support 7 may be attached to the rear of the back 8 and may be folded over its ends, as shown, or the parts 7 and 8 could be made integral. Attached to the projecting end of the back 8, as by staples 9, is a second pad 10, of preferably transparent leaves. By this construction it will be evident that the sheets of the pad 9 may be placed over or between the leaves of the I pad 1 or between the support 7 and the back 8.

In order conveniently to hold the book there may be provided a cover 11 comprising a back'portion 12 and a front portion 13 hinged together, as at 14., Projecting from the back portion 12 is a flange 15, and pivoted to the lower end of the flange 15 is a bail 16. Attached to the back of the pad 1, as by being bound by the staples. 9, is a flap portion 17. The flap portion 17 is adapted to be slipped throughthe bail 1t), and the bail 16 is of such length as to permit the pad 10 to be pushed down beside the flange 15, as shown. Pivoted also to the end of the back portion 12 is a ill-shaped member 18, to the outer endof which is pivotally mounted a separator 19, preferably of metal. The til-shaped member 18 is of such length and so disposed that the separator 19 may the back 12 and the flap 17 inserted therethrough. The pad and bail may then be pressed downwardly toward the back portion 12 until the end of the pad is beside the flange 15, in which position the flange will keep the pad from slipping out of engagement with the bail.

The carbon sheet 6 will normally overlie the record sheets of the pad 1, and the pad 10 will normally overlie the pad 1. In the manipulation of the book the leaves of the be laid over the carbon and the leaves 3 and 4 folded back in place. Any record. which is madeuupon the sheet 3 will thus be transferred to the leaf 4 by the carbon material on the rear face of the leaf 3, to be transferred to the rear side of the sheet from the pad 10 by the upper face ofthe sheet of transfer materiah and will be transferred to the leaf 5 by the under face of the sheet of transfer material. Ifhe leaves 3', 4: and 5 may now be torn from the book and the pad 1 and support 7 may be lifted to enable the sheet from the pad 10 on which the record has just been made to be placed between the support 7 and back 8. per corner of the leaves 3 and 4 from the next sheet of the pad 1 may then be grasped above construction and many apparently.

widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from The upraeraeo gua e, might be said to fall therebetween.

airing described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A manifolding device comprising, in combination, a pair of pads, a back to which each pad is secured, one of said pads being secured to said back by a pad support flexibly connected to said back at the end opposite the bound end of the leaves of the last mentioned pad, the other pad being secured to the back so that the leaves thereof are adapted to underlie and overlie the other pad, the pad which is connected to said back by said support comprising sheets each folded upon itself to form three superposed leaves, the top leaf of each sheet being the end leaf thereof and being coated with transfer material on its under face, and a double face carbon sheet carried by the back and adapted to lie against the upper face of the lowest leaf of said folded sheet.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH A. YERKES.

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